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The Declaration of Independence: The Story Behind America's Founding Document and the Men Who Created It (Museum in a Book)

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This is an absolutely wonderful book. It makes the summer of 1776 come alive in ways few books can achieve. The attached replicas of key documents (including a full-size copy of the Declaration) are sure to draw readers, teachers, students, librarians...and anyone with even the remotest curiosity about what is arguably the most important document from our country's founding. This one is a treasure!

Rod Gragg has done an excellent job of accurately portraying the events leading to the declaration of independence. Furthermore, he did an excellent job of remaining true to the actual historical events, rather than approaching the subject with a political agenda. I highly recommend this book to any person desiring a deeper understanding of America's founding fathers and the events that led to our independence. I can not wait to read more of Mr. Gragg's books.

This book I just purchased a week ago and it has served me well. I am a graduate of 8th grade and I know that this book would be useful in so many branches of school work such as oral presentations and visual aids. This book describes in a lot more detail than I could ever have emagined. I'd recommend this book to history teachers any time and for 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders learning about this subject. GREAT BOOK!!!

Museum in a book indeed! And it's not just for the youth either. The fact is our history is lost to most Americans, especially when it comes to the Colonial/Revolutionary War era of our nation. This book - The Declaration of Independence: The Story Behind America's Founding Document and the Men Who Created It - can change that. In my opinion, it should be in every American school, in every American library, and in every American home. It should be required reading for every public school child and immigrant. Of course, that would never happen - the ACLU wouldn't allow such a dastardly thing - imagine forcing school children and American-wannabe's to learn about what made this country great - and it IS great. The greatest, in fact, even with its faults.

What our fore-fathers did was something that one would never see today - people willing to give one's life, to possibly suffer in a torcherous prison - by signing a document to ensure a free and independent country where one would not have to be controlled by a tyrant. Where a peanut farmer, an actor, or a backwoods lawyer could become the President. And this book gives not only wonderful written descriptions on how that all came about, but allows the reader to experience, through replicas of original documents that one can actually hold and read as if grasping the original (including a draft of the Declaration) writings that made the formation of our great United States.

By the way, there is no political correctness in this book - just pure factual American history - so if your are looking for the anti-European revisionist history books mandated by the liberal left, this one isn't for you.

I wanted to own this book for a long while, but it was rarely in-stock at Amazon. The book is available from another source, but for $34.99. I finally saw that I could pre-order this book at Amazon and they would notify me when it would be shipped. The price is the best price I have seen and it arrived sooner than I thought.

However, knowing that this book is somewhat of a rare item at Amazon and that it is difficult to find, I am skeptical about whether or not I received a copy in "new" condition. The book arrived today and the first thing I noticed was that it was not shrink-wrapped. I imagine that books like this, with removable parts, would be shrink-wrapped for protection and the prevention of any of those removable parts from falling out.

I have not paged through the book yet, so I cannot tell if it has been perused by a former owner or any other person on this planet. If the folds of some of the removable documents are not crisp, I will know that I received a used copy. After all, the price I paid for this supposedly "new" copy of the book is the price of a used version.

I am impressed with the book and the anciliary samples of literature. My daughter will read this when she is of proper age.

This book is a must have for every home in America!

So wonderful to have things that you can touch and examine.

Beautiful pictures, informative narratives - I am so glad to have this in our home library!

This book is truly a work of art! Beautifully illustrated with wonderful copies of actual documents such as the Declaration of Independence. It's a hands-on learning experience. Every school library and home should have a copy of this patriotic masterpiece. Highly recommended read!

Although this is not an exhaustive academic study of the Declaration, this is a very useful and informative book. There are many illustrations and other props included that add to the literary content. When I bought this book the intent was to use it as a coffee table book that folks could pick up when they come to visit. It serves that purpose well, but I believe that it could also be an interesting book for an adolescent who is very interested in American history.

I studied all of my options before purchasing my book. This was touted as new amd in good condition. It arrived with no jacket at all and rather ill shaped. I wanted a new looking book that could be displayed. I am very disappointed.